Combined partition-fixture unit



Feb. '4, 1936. R. L.. DAvlsoN COMBINED PARTIIION FIXTURE UNI'I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec.

Feb. 4, 1936.

R. L. DAVISON COMBINED PARTITION FIXTURE UNIT Filed Deo. 20, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNvENToB oberr L. Dow: on

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE COMBINED PARTITION-FIXTURE UNIT Robert L.'Davison, New York, N. Y., assignor to v John B. Pierce Foundation, New York, N.,Y., a

corporationof New York Application December 20, 1932, Serial No. 648,136

.1 Claim.

My present invention relates to building con-k struction and more particularly to an improved combined wall partition and cooking and heating apparatus. y

` With a view to simplifying the construction of buildings, such as dwelling houses and apartments, and to economize with regard to thecubic displacement of such buildings while yet maintaining the maximum amount of oor space, l'. have devised the subject matter of the present invention, wherein what may be termed a central heating plant is combined as an element of a unitary structure which embodies, in naddition to the central heating unit, a gas or other heating range and a gas plate, as Well as having associated therewith and inthe same unit a storage tank for hot water. All of theV above combined elements are attached directly to or are associated with a partition wall which, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, forms the partition wall or at least a part of the partition wall between two of thc main rooms in the dwelling house or apartment, between the living or dining room and the kitchen'or scullery.

These various items are combined into a unitary structure which is fabricated in a factory and which may be shipped to the place of installation as a unit and moved into its final position and there permanently forms a part of the building.

The so-called central heating plant, the gas oven and hot Water plate, as Well as the hot water storage tank, are so placed with relation to each other and to the partition wall as to all be readily I Aaccessible and yat occupy the minimum floor space.

Such parts of the unit as are not occupied by the devices above referred to are utilized as space for drawers, cupboards and the like, and the necessary drawer fronts and doors are used as closures for openings necessarily made in the partition wall. Y

A feature of myA invention, therefore, is an improved unitary partition wall and heating and cooking elements.

A novel feature of my invention resides in the direct or indirect attachment to a partition of a plurality of heating, cooking and storage units assembled to occupy a minimum floor space and to be readily accessible toa person using the same.

A feature of my invention is the utilization with a central heating plant attached to one wall of a partition .in which doors are provided leading to the central heating plant and which heating plant may be utilized as a central heating plant and an open fireplace.

Further features of my invention and novel details of construction will appear as the description oi the invention progresses.

(Cl. .20-1.11) I In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a partition wall to which various heating and storage units may be directly or indirectly attached, certain of said 5 units and the position thereof with respect to each other being indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan'view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is aivertical sectional end elevation onA the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; andr 10 Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional end elevation on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, I0 designates a partition wall or 'a portion of a partition wall' which forms the partition between two of the 15 rooms in a dwelling or apartment or similar structure, such rooms beingr ordinarily and preferably the living room or dining room, which is v located on what may be called the front -face of the partition wall II), and the kitchen or scullery, 20

on-what may be designated as the rear face of such partition wall. 1 At one end of the partition wall I0 is formd either separately therefrom or integral therewith a wall member II extending at right angles to 25 the partition wall I0, such wall member Il being relatively narrow in width` At the' end o'fxthe partition wall IIJ, remote from the wall member II and separate from or formed integral withk the partition wall I0, is a wall member I2 lying 3o parallel to the wall member II, both the wallY members III and I2 extending in a direction which may be termed rearward from the front face ofthe partition wall I0.

Referring specifically to Fig. l, there is shown 35 in the lower Ycentral portion of the partition wall Y Ill'an opening' which is closed by doors I3, such doors being swung on hinges I4 as shown, and further such doors I3 are provided with handles I5 and by means of which the doors may be swung 40 on the hinges Il, and also` each door I3 is provided with a manually operable ventilator or'air inlet IB, to allow air to pass through the doors I3 when the same are in closed position, such air Yheated air into' the living or dining room above 50 referred to. The louvre Il forms the exit end of a hot air chamber I8 formed `of preferably metallic members I9 backed with heat insulating -material 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

Attached to the rear face of the partition wall III in any convenient manner kandwithin the chamber formed by the rear'face of the partition member I0 andthe metallic members I9 is arranged a fireplace unit 2|, the upper end o such fireplace unit being connected to a flue 22 60 also preferably of metal, which extends through the rear wall of the enclosure I9, as indicated by the numeral 23, and such exit end is connected by the usual piping 24 and 25 to a ilue 26 forming part of the dwelling or apartment structure, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The heating chamber I8 extends downward on each side of the fireplace unit 2I and the front face of the partition wall I0 is cut away and such cut away portions are closed by louvre members 21, and through which louvre members cold air passes to rise upward as the same is heated by the fireplace unit 2| and the heated air, as will .be well understood, passing out through louvre` I1 into the living room or dining room, above referred to.

Above the louvre I1 and attached or formed integral with the partition wall I0 is a mantel 28, such mantel being supported rigidly in position by bracket members 29, such being the usual construction.

The mantel 28 extends across the entire width of the ,partition wall I0 and on one end or the end adjacent to the wall member I2 is provided with a downwardly extending extension 30, such extension having shelf members 3| extending laterally outward therefrom and forming, as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 1, shelf members. The downwardly extending member 30 as well as the shelf members 3| are attached to the front face of the wall partition I0, in any desired or approved manner.

Attached to the rear face of the wall partition I0 between the Wall member II and the air heating enclosure I9 and by means of angle irons 32 is a platform 33, on which is mounted the hot water storage tank 34, which may be connected after installation to any suitable hot water heating device. 'I'he platform 33 forms, in addition to a support for the hot water storage tank 34, the v upper end of a storage cabinet, access to which is reached through an opening formed in the partition wall 'I0 below the mantel 28, such opening being closed by a door swung on hinges 36 and provided with the usual operating handle or knob 31.

As will be noted from an inspection of the drawings in connection with the above description, the heating chamber I9 does not extend to a point above or to a point but slightly above the mantel 28, and therefore the space above the replace referred'to and to the rear of the partition wall I0 is utilized as the housing place for an ordinary gas oven 38, such gas oven being mounted on an angle iron frame 39 in the usual manner.

On top of the front edge of the gas oven 38 is mounted a plate 40 of material preferably similar to the material of the partition wall I0 and thus, as will be readily seen, the gas oven 38 is practically enclosed by partition wall members. Above the fireplace unit and in the space lying between the Sas oven 38 and the Wall member I2 is arranged the gas plate 4I. On the inner face of the Wall member I2 and attached to the upper face of the gas oven 38 is arranged a smoke hood 42, the upper end of which is connected to a smoke nue 43, and the smoke hood is connected by piping 44 to a flue 45 and thence to either the ue 26, formed asa part of the building in which the unit is located, or to an independent flue leading to the outer air.

At the connection point between the smoke hood 42 and the smoke flue 43 is arranged a fan 46 preferably driven by an electric motor housed within the nue 43 and which exhausts into such ue 43 the smoke or odor laden air arising from use of the gas plate 4I as a cooking medium.

Also formed in the upper surface of the smoke hood 42 is a reflector 41 and associated with such reflector is a source of illumination,.as a light bulb 48, and which serves to illuminate the space occupied by the gas plate 4I.

The space below the gas plate 4I and between the end wall member I2 and the hot air chamber I9 is occupied by any suitable device as for example a drawer 49 and a cupboard 53, the cupboard being closed by a door 5I or other suitable means.

All of the various devices .above referred to are assembled in substantially the position shown on the rear face of the partition wall I0 and between the end wall members II and I2 and are preferably fabricated as a unit in a factory and separate from the operations of constructingthe building in which they are to be located. The devices themselves and the position they occupy with respect to each other are such that the maximum efliciency is obtained in the minimum of space occupied, and economy in the construction of the building or the apartment is obtained in erection expense or in any subsequent remodeling of the said structure.

It is obvious of course thatvarious other devices may be utilized in addition to those already specied, or larger units of the same or different character may be employed,.the number and size of the devices employed depending solely on the width as distinguished from the thickness of the partition wall I0. The various devices used are for illustrative purposes only, and while the above is a description of the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that I may vary the shape and arrangement as well as the character of the devices utilized within relatively wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

A unitary combined partition-wall and housing, comprising two substantially parallelly extending members serving respectively as the opposite face members of the combined partitionwall and. housingVelements spacially related to one another and extending from and between said members at a predetermined spacing securing said members unitarilyV relative to one another, one of said members being provided with an opening arranged to receive and house a heating device, said heating device being disposed within the .predetermined spacing intervening between said members, the other of said members being disposed with an opening for the reception of a cooking device accessible through said second-named opening, said cooking device being disposed Within said predetermined spacing between said members, said opening in said first-named member being disposed substantially out of alignment with said second-named opening in said other member, said first-named member being otherwise arranged to serve as the wall of a living room or equivalent space of a building, said second-named member being otherwise arranged respectively to serve as the wall of a kitchen or equivalent space of the same building.

ROBERT L. DAVISON. 

